US Chess announces that JJ Lang starts today as our new Digital Assistant in the Communications Department, reporting directly to Chess Life / Chess...
October 2022
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With Lines Wide Open With a nod to Scott Stapp and Creed, this month’s games are all won (or lost) due to one player’s use of open lines for attack...
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ICCF SIM and former Chess Life Kids contributor Jon Edwards has won the 32nd World Correspondence Championship on tiebreaks over GMs Michel Lecroq and...
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The October CU completes it’s quest to seamlessly fuse with the Chessfeels Podcast, as host Pete Karagianis and Gopal Menon sit down with Julia Rios...
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The 2022 North American Junior Chess Championships, Open U-20 and Girls U-20, will be held December 1-6, 2022 at the Del Prado Hotel (Salón Montenegro...
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The US Chess Executive Board, with Scholastic Council support, announces that effective with the 2022 National K-12 Grade Championships, the entry fee...
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It was drama tailor-made for television… or in this case, YouTube and Twitch. WGM Jennifer Yu defeated GM Irina Krush in a wild three-game playoff to...
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US Chess invites you to participate in a free online forum that will detail our plans for supporting the work you do each day to bring chess into...
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Jennifer Shahade welcomes high-school sophomore Laurel Aronian to Ladies Knight. Laurel is a president of her high school chess team, St. Luke's, and...
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After thirteen rounds, and more than two weeks of drama, GM Fabiano Caruana is the 2022 U.S. Champion, his second U.S title. The Women’s title is...
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The penultimate twelfth round of the 2022 U.S. Chess Championships witnessed a momentous change in the leader spot of the U.S. Women’s Championship...
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We’re nearing the finish line at the 2022 U.S. Chess Championships. After 11 rounds, and plenty of drama, the tension is ratcheting up as everything...